Okay, what's this all about?
Basically, this is the website we wish we'd had when we were learning on our own. So we stitched together a curriculum from the best resources we could find online and here it is. This project is about:
Having a Path
This is a proven path to successfully learn web development so you don't have to wonder if you're doing the right stuff or wasting your time.
Building a Portfolio
The best way to learn and get hired is to have a portfolio of work so we've laid out great projects to build along the way
Learning Together
We make it easy to find and work with other learners so you don't have to go it alone anymore.
What You'll Learn
Introduction to Web Development
A brief introduction to the practice and career of web development
Web Development 101
Learn the basics of all the technologies you need to build websites
Ruby Programming
Learn programming fundamentals in Ruby, the language built for programmer happiness
Ruby on Rails
Learn to rapidly develop and deploy websites using Ruby on Rails
HTML5 and CSS3
Dive deeper and understand how to really make your websites look good
Javascript and jQuery
Make your websites dynamic and smooth with Javascript and jQuery
Getting Hired as a Web Developer
You've got the skills and the portfolio, now how do you get the job?
How it Works
Learn
We'll guide you through the best videos, tutorials, blog posts, and courses on the web for learning each subject.
Build
You will build dozens of projects along the way, from simple scripts to full programs and deployed websites
Work with Other Students
Learning on your own sucks (we've been there). We're building tools to connect you with other students along the way so you can pair up on the projects or just work through those annoying bugs with someone else across the world.
Why This Project Rocks
The Curriculum Lives
The curriculum is really flexible -- when a better way to learn something comes along we can just use that instead!
See the curriculum on Github >>
It's Open Source
This website is available under an MIT license and the curriculum is Creative Commons. Both are on Github.
See this site on Github >>
Build Your Own Tools
Students are currently contributing to both the curriculum and the main website... so they build what they use.
Learn how to contribute >>